Answer: ODDLY
ODDLY is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 55 times.
Referring Clues:
- Not as expected
 - Contrary to expectation
 - "Contrary to popular belief ..."
 - How eccentrics behave
 - Askew
 - To everyone's surprise
 - "You'd never have guessed, but ..."
 - Strange to say
 - In a strange manner
 - In a weird way
 - In a peculiar way
 - In a strange way
 - In an unusual way
 - In an unusual fashion
 - "Strange to say ..."
 - In an offbeat way
 - Strangely
 - Inexplicably
 - In a bizarre way
 - In an unconventional manner
 - Strange as it seems
 - "This is weird, but ..."
 - "Believe it or not ..."
 - 'Strange as it seems, ...'
 - 'Believe it or not, ...'
 - 'Strange as it seems ...'
 - 'Strange to tell, ...'
 - In a curious way
 - Not in a predictable way
 - "You'd never guess, but ..."
 - 'Strange to say ...'
 - 'Strange as it may seem ...'
 - Curiously
 - "To my surprise ..."
 - "Strange as it may seem ... "
 - "Strange to say ... "
 - "___ enough ..."
 - "Hard to believe, but ... "
 - In a surprising way
 - "Strangely enough ..."
 - In singular fashion
 - How suspicious people behave
 - "Much to my surprise ..."
 - "Funny thing is ... "
 - "As ironic as it sounds ..."
 - "Much to my surprise ... "
 - "Strange as it may sound ..."
 - Bizarrely
 - "The funny thing is ..."
 - "In a strange twist ..."
 - In an unusual manner
 - "Funny you should say that ..."
 - "As ironic as it sounds …"
 - "It's peculiar ... "
 - Peculiarly
 
Last Seen In:
- USA Today - October 27, 2025
 - LA Times - September 11, 2025
 - LA Times - March 12, 2025
 - New York Times - January 22, 2024
 - LA Times - June 04, 2023
 - New York Times - April 29, 2023
 - New York Times - January 09, 2023
 - New York Times - November 28, 2022
 - New York Times - March 28, 2022
 - New York Times - January 13, 2022
 - USA Today - November 09, 2020
 - LA Times - November 06, 2020
 - New York Times - July 31, 2020
 - LA Times - July 27, 2020
 - USA Today - June 04, 2020
 - USA Today - March 27, 2020
 - Universal - February 27, 2020
 - Universal - October 13, 2019
 - Universal - October 01, 2019
 - Universal - September 19, 2019
 
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